Sounding toy



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SOUNDING TOY Filed Feb. 8, 1947 A ME -5 B6 EL UP Patented May 6, 1%?

UN'EED STATES PATENT OFFICE SOUNDING TOY Albert T. Linney, Lexington, Ky.

Application February 8, 1947, Serial No. 727,335

6 Claims. 1

This invention relates to a sounding toy and more particularly to a sounding toy adapted to be Whirled through a circular path, at which time the sounding toy produces a humming sound combined. with a swishing sound of the tail.

This is an improvement upon the sounding toy disclosed and claimed in my Patent No. 2,004,817 issued June 11, 1935, for Sounding toy.

An object of this invention is to produce a sounding toy economically without sacrificing upon the performance of the toy.

Other objects and advantages reside in the construction of parts, the combination thereof and the mode of operation, as will become more apparent from the following description.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view disclosing the toy as it appears when it is swung through a circular path.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary cross sectional view of the toy, taken substantially on the line 2-2 of Figure 4.

Figure 3 is a cross sectional View taken substantially on the line S3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a view of the toy, as viewed from the right of Figure 1, with the tail broken away.

Figure 5 is a View of the metallic frame of the sounding toy.

Figures 2, 3, i and 5 have been drawn to a larger scale than Figure 1.

Referring to the drawings, the reference character it) indicates the main frame of the toy that terminates in two legs I2 extending at right angles to the main body. Member #0 is preferably made from suitable wire. Each of the legs i2 has mounted thereon ribbed tubular members i 5, providing supports for a rubber band functioning as reeds, so that as the toy is swung through the air, the sides of the rubber band vibrate, producing a sound.

A tail in, preferably made from crepe paper, having the grain transversely disposed, has one end looped around the body it, as best seen in Figure 2, and located between the folds of a cardboard member 22, also wrapped around the body it. The cardboard folded member 22 functions as a rudder, holding the rubber bands in a position so as to face the air stream. A wire staple 2d staples the cardboard member 22 and the tail 2%] in position.

Means are provided for swinging the sound toy through the air and consist of a string or cord 26 tied around one of the legs l2. One end of the string or cord is held by the hand, as shown in Figure 1, the hand being swung sufiiciently to cause the sounding toy to be whirled in a circular path through the air, as shown in Figure 1. The centrifugal force causes the main body Iii to be substantially aligned with the string 28. The adjacent portion of the tail extends in a direction substantially normal to the main body of the wire member Iii when whirling through the air, as shown in Figure 1.

The tail 20, trailing the main body, cooperates with the cardboard member 22 to direct the rubher band into the air, as shown in Figure 1, so that the rubber band cuts the air at substantial- 1y right angles to the direction of movement at any instant of time and thereby vibrates, to produce a humming sound. In addition thereto, the tail, being made from crepe paper having the grain transversely disposed, causes a switching sound when traveling through the circular path. By using crepe paper the tail is not as easily torn as it would be it smooth, light weight paper were used.

Although the preferred embodiment of the device has been described, it will be understood that within the purview of this invention various changes may be made in the form, details, proportion and arrangement of parts, the combination thereof and mode of operation, which generally stated consist in a device capable of carrying out the objects set forth, as disclosed and defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A sounding toy adapted to be whirled through the air, said sounding toy including a wire-like main body member having a straight portion terminating in a pair of leg-like portions extending at right angles to the straight portion, tubular members mounted upon the leg-like portions, a rubber band positioned upon the tubular members, the sides of the rubber band extendin parallel to the straight portion of the main body member, a cardboard member folded over the straight portion of the main body member, means attachedto the main body member for whirling the toy through the air, and a tail secured to the cardboard member, the portion of the tail adjacent the cardboard member extending in a direction substantially normal to the straight portion of the main body member when the toy is Whirled through the air.

2. A sounding toy adapted to be whirled through the air, said sounding toy including a wire-like main body member having a straight portion terminating in a pair of leg-like portions extending at right angles to the straight portion, tubular members mounted upon the leg-like portion,

a rubber band positioned upon the tubular members, the sides of the rubber band extending parallel to the straight portion of the main body member, a cardboard member folded over the straight portion of the main body member, means attached to the main body member for whirling the toy through the air, a tail having one end folded over the straight portion of the main body member and positioned between the main body member and the cardboard member, and means for securing the tail to the cardboard member and to the straight portion of the main body member, said means including a staple.

3. A sounding toy adapted to be whirled through the air, said sounding toy including a straight wire-like main body member, a rubber band, means for supporting the rubber band in a stretched position such that the sides of the rubber band are parallel to the straight wirelike main body member, a cardboard member folded over the straight wire-like main body member, means attached to the main body member for whirling the toy through the air, and a tail secured to the cardboard member, the portion of the tail adjacent the carboard member extending in a direction substantially normal to the straight wire-like main body member when the toy is whirled through the air.

4. A sounding toy adapted to be whirled through the air, said sounding toy including a straight wire-like main body member, a rubber band, means for securing the rubber band in a stretched position such that the sides of the rubber band are parallel to the straight wire-like main body member, a cardboard member folded over the straight wire-like main body member, means attached to the main body member for whirling the toy through the air, a tail having one end folded over the straight wire-like main body member and positioned between the main body member and the cardboard member, and means for securing the tail to the straight wirelike main body member, said means including a staple.

5. A sounding toy adapted to be whirled through the air, said sounding toy including a wire-like main body member, a rubber band,

means for supporting the rubber band upon portions of the wire-like main body member so as to hold the sides of the rubber band taut, a cardboard member folded over the wire-like main body member, means attached to the main body member for whirling the toy through the air, a tail attached to the cardboard member, said tail having the portion adjacent the cardboard member extending in a direction substantially normal to the sides of the rubber band when the toy is whirled through the air, and means for securing the tail to the cardboard member.

6. A sounding toy adapted to be whirled through the air, said sounding toy including a wire-like main body member having a straight portion terminating in a pair of leg-like portions extending at right angles to the straight portion, a rubber band supported upon the leglike portions, the sides of the rubber band extending parallel to the straight portion of the main body member, a cardboard member folded over the straight portion of the main body member, means attached to the main body member for whirling the toy through the air, and a tail secured to the cardboard member, the portion of the tail adjacent the cardboard member extending in a direction substantially normal to the straight portion of the main body member when the toy is Whirled through the air.

ALBERT T. LINNEY.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 447,638 Fallis Mar. 3, 1891 596,643 Weingard Jan. 4, 1898 2,004,817 Linney June 11, 1935 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 61,544 Germany Apr. 23, 1892 101,232 Great Britain Aug. 31, 1916 422,112 Great Britain Jan, 4, 1935 

